Drip-cup



(No Model.)

H. FELLOWS.

J DRIP 0UP. No. 246,483. Patented Aug. 30,1881.

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HENRY FELLOWS, OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.

DRIP-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,483, dated August 30, 1881.

Application filed June 11, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known th at I, HENRY FELLOWS, a citi-- zen of the United States, resident of Bloomington, in the county of Monroe and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Drip-Cups; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a sectional view of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig.3 isanother form of the lid.

This invention has relation to protective lids or tops for drip-pans or other vessels used for catching the drip in drawing sirup, molasses, or other liquids of like character; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofan inwardly-shelving lid or top having across its upper and wider portion supporting wires or strips, forming a hearing or rest for the vessel which is to receive the liquid being drawn, and below the same a discharging-aperture, across which extends a screen of line wire, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the top or lid which is designed to close the drip pan or vessel B. This lid A is made with a depressed or shelving wall, 0, surrounding an opening, (I, through which the drip passes to the vessel B. Across this discharge-opening d extend a series of fine wires orsoreen-work,e, whereby flies,insects,orother extraneous substances are prevented from getting into the drip-vessel below.

(No model.)

Extending across the upper portion of the lid from one' side of its margin to the other are the supporting strips or wires 9, which may be arranged to intersect, as shown in the drawings, or may be arranged simply in parallel relation. These wires are thus raised above the depressed wall of the lid and above the discharge-opening, and serve as a hearing or rest for the measure or other vessel placed thereon which is designed to receive the liquid being drawn.

The drip from the measure or other receiving-vessel and from the spigot of the cask or other receptacle in which the liquid is stored will pass readily down the shelving or depressed wall 0 of thelid, through the dischargeopening d, into the drip-receiver B.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The lid A for vessels used in catching drip, having the inwardly-shelving or depressed wall 0, the supporting strips or wires g, extending across the upper or marginal portion thereof", the discharge-opening at through the lower or depressed portion of the Wall, the fine wire or screen work 6, extending across and protecting said opening, and the downwardlyprojecting flange, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY FELLOWS.

Witnesses:

COLUMBUS BROWNING, L. M. SANDERS. 

